Gene Melloway, 1943-2008

Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Memorial Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Hartsburg. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until service time on Wednesday at the funeral home.

He was born on Oct. 4, 1943, in Alton, Ill., the son of the late Vernie and Leta Melloway.

Gene owned and operated Melloway's Used Auto Parts. He enjoyed racing stock cars and collecting antiques, along with fishing and boating at Lake Ozark.

Survivors include four sons, Gene and wife Susan of Hallsville, Chuck and wife Brandy of Hallsville, Mike of Centralia and Scott of Columbia; long-time companion, Glenda Smith; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren; sisters, Maxine Simpson, Betty Johnson and Hazel Enlow; and the mother of his children, Bonnie Burnett.

He was preceded in death by brother, Kenneth Melloway and sister, Evelen Riley.

Online tributes may be left at www.memorialfuneralhomeandcemetery.com.